Year in Architecture 2012: Academic Library Data

For the Year in Architecture 2012, Library Journal solicited information from academic libraries nationwide that had undergone new builds and renovation/addition projects completed between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012. The tables below comprise complete financial and construction statistics for the 19 academic library buildings submitted.

Academic New Buildings

* Mainly used for archives at 220,000 linear feet
** Along with the books are one million botanical specimens

INSTITUTION

PROJECT COST

GROSS SQUARE FEET

SQUARE FOOT COST

CONSTR. COST

FURNITURE/EQUIP COST

BOOK CAPACITY

SEATING CAPACITY

ARCHITECT

Lyman Beecher Brooks Library, Norfolk State University, VA

$43,000,000

134,000

$261.19

$35,000,000

$2,546,000

631,000

n/a

Moseley Architects; John Portman & Assocs.; Tappe Associates, Inc.

Russell Special Collections Libraries Building, University of Georgia, Athens